The 5 best breakfast sandwiches in HRM

There’s nothing quite like the simplicity of bacon and eggs for breakfast but when those things are crafted into a sandwich, they become infinitely better. With eggs, meat, cheese, and bread, breakfast sandwiches have all the essential breakfast food groups covered. Here are five local breakfast sandwiches to satisfy those eggy cravings.

1. Coastal Cafe

Long my favourite breakfast sandwich, Coastal Cafe’s namesake the McCoastal is the ultimate in breakfast sandwiches. Occupying a spot on their menu since they opened, every element is homemade right down to the English muffin except of course the cheese. The sweet and savoury maple sausage may be my favorite part but it’s the combination of not one but two fried eggs, havarti, coastal sauce, and red eye ketchup that make the whole thing irresistible. For an untraditional breakfast sandwich, the durty bird with habanero fried chicken can’t be beat.

Coastal Cafe, 2731 Robie St, Halifax

2. The Canteen

Long a favourite at the Canteen before it moved to its new home on Portland St., the aptly named hangover breakfast sandwich is everything you want or perhaps need for breakfast. Now a staple on the brunch menu, the house made everything bagel is loaded with a fried egg, havarti, avocado cream, smoky Oulton’s bacon, and fresh market greens.

The Canteen, 22 Portland St, Dartmouth

3. Rinaldo’s Italian American Specialties

Newest to hit the weekend brunch scene, the Rinaldo’s porchetta breakfast hero is loaded with that homemade Italian American flavour they’ve become known for. The homemade bun is topped with porchetta, crackling, a fried egg, cheddar cheese, avocado, tomato, house hot sauce, and garlic mayo. This is a breakfast sandwich in a class of its own.

Rinaldo’s, 2186 Windsor St, Halifax

4. Armview

Available all week long, the Armview dishes up several handheld breakfasts ready to satisfy all your early morning cravings. With options from a breakfast burrito to a breakfast club, it’s the morning dagwood that stands out. Hard fried eggs are paired with smoked ham, bacon, chorizo, caramelized onions, swiss cheese, and mayo for a meaty breakfast that’ll keep you full well after lunch.

The Armview Restaurant and Lounge, 7156 Chebucto Rd, Halifax

5. Elle’s Bistro

The jalapeño cheddar bacon breakfast sandwich at Elle’s Bistro is the double down of breakfast sandwiches. The sandwich includes a fried egg, bacon, and cheddar cheese grilled between two jalapeño potato latkes, proving that bread does not necessarily make a sandwich.

Elle’s Bistro, 1678 Barrington St, Halifax

Extra tip: For the vegans out there, enVie has a tasty breakfast sandwich. Their vegan version on an English muffin includes a tofu egg, house made apple sage sausage, roasted garlic aioli, avocado, tomato, and crispy leeks.